In 1926 the Soderbjerg brothers, Ray and Roy, plunge into radio and found Station WLT (With Lettuce and Tomato) in order to rescue their failing restaurant. A comic yet poignant novel from one of America's most well-loved humorists...
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Author:KEILLOR, GarrisonSummary: - Author:FORD, VinceSummary:
Connor's cousin is making big money trapping possums, so Davin and the gang set up a possum-trapping base at Camp Isolation. Unfortunately, a poisoning programme, a rogue storm, rising rivers and a possum-hugging greenie threaten...
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Author:LIVINGS, John H.Summary:Meet Archibald Winston Spinks. The year is 1973 and never having left the UK before, young Archie sets sail aboard the SS Kioni for a three month voyage around the world. In no time at all he is embracing life at sea and partaking in...
- Author:GREGORY, PhilippaSummary:
A wickedly incisive contemporary satire which undermines political correctness and modern mores.
- Author:Mowat, FarleySummary:
The story of Wol and Weeps, two great horned owls, who turn a household upside down, outwit the wittiest of dogs and terrorize an entire neighborhood.
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Author:GREENE, GrahamSummary:Wormold, a middle-aged Englishman whose wife has left him, is recruited by the Secret Service before he fully realises what it's all about.
- Author:BRYSON, BillSummary:
After nearly two decades in England, the world's best-loved travel writer returned to America. Gathered here are eighteen months' worth of his writings about that strangest of phenomena - the American way of life.
- Author:CARTER, TomSummary:
Tom Carter, a young Englishman with a taste for adventure and ornithology, stepped ashore at Carnarvon in 1887 to begin work as a jackeroo. His story is rich with the adventure and incidents of his two years in the bush, and full of...
- Author:DICKENS, MonicaSummary:
A witty and humorous account of the experiences of a junior reporter recruited to a weekly paper in a small town.
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Author:ADAMS, DouglasSummary:Arthur Dent hadn't had a day as bad as this since the Earth had been blown up. Depressed and alone, Arthur finally settles on the small planet Lamuella and becomes a sandwich maker. Looking forward to a quiet life, his plans are thrown...
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Author:BECKETT, BernardSummary:Malcolm is sixteen. With the mind of a scientist, the body of a teenager, and an ambition to reconcile the two, he embarks upon his latest science fair project, sex. Will Charlotte find true love? Will Kevin get his man? How did Juliet...
- Author:Merola, CarolineSummary:
Une petite bestiole un peu têtue ne laisse pas sa créatrice raconter son histoire comme elle le souhaite! L’auteure lui offre une jolie maison au cœur de la jungle, la petite bestiole réclame un ami de la ville. Elle lui dessine une...
- Author:ADAMS, DouglasSummary:
After a series of events which have involved Arthur Dent being alternately blown up and insulted in more bizarre regions of the Galaxy that he has ever dreamt existed, he finds himself stranded on Prehistoric Earth. Luckily an amazing...
- Author:Gravel, EliseSummary:
Besoin d’une clé à molette ? Faites comme Bob et allez chez Mégamart, le SUPER-MÉGA-GIGA-GÉANT-MAGASIN À RAYONS où on trouve des trucs incroyables ! Si incroyables que vous en oublierez… votre clé à molette. À propos de l’auteure et...
- Author:CROMPTON, RichmalSummary:
William is a mischievous eleven year old who is puzzled by the adult world, which is no less puzzled by him. The humor is gentle and pleasing. The series of books is better known in the United Kingdom than in the U.S.
- Author:BENNETT, JoeSummary:
Short articles and observations from Bennett's newspaper columns. He turns his wit on a range of subjects from house-hunting to body-piercing
- Author:McKenzie, CatherineSummary:
Lorsqu'elle obtient un entretien d'embauche pour son magazine de mode préféré, Katie Sandford est folle de joie. Ne ratant jamais une occasion de sortir avec ses amis, elle fête la nouvelle en grand. Le lendemain, elle se...
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Author:RALEIGH, MichaelSummary:Set in 1950's Chicago, this is the story of a young orphan who goes to stay with his eccentric Irish relations.
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Author:CORBETT, RonnieSummary:This is my autobiography, the exciting story of how I, Ronald Corbett, the son of an Edinburgh baker, became convinced that I had to seek my fortune and become an actor, of how I pursued that goal, found fame on television as one of The...
- Author:BOWLES, ColinSummary:
Further adventures of Mike Hazzard, a flying doctor in the Kimberley.
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